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ref. 1333704526.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1926ref. h44590Chicago Kiel & Milwaukee WI: R. E. Sandmeyer Co. Kiel Furniture Co 1926. Hardcover. Very good. Oblong folio 22.5 x 11.5 inches tan cloth with leather corners book very good some wear and rubbing to leather soil to cloth contents very good. Approximately 150 sheets some printed some handwritten. A unique book done for and by the Kiel Furniture Co. of Kiel and Milwaukee Wisconsin in order to provide extensive statistics on sales figures by place etc in order to provide the company with data for determining sales goals for the coming year. Sandmeyer's system provided graphic and statistical analysis to chart sales figures and their breakdown by state and by town according to several factors. Copious handwritten entries. Excellent for any researcher interested in the Kiel Furniture company's economics history as well as furniture sales by state and community. Extra postage required for this overlarge book. R. E. Sandmeyer Co., Kiel Furniture Co hardcover
ref. 0484589881.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 0666283036.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 0332423123.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 0282906665.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1930ref. 264567Lonndon: Old Furniture Ltd 1930. hardcover. fine. Profusely illustrated including many color plates. 3 vols. Small folio black cloth decorated in gilt. London: Old Furniture Ltd. 1930. Volumes IX X & IX. January - August 1930 Old Furniture Ltd unknown
ref. 0267885253.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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ref. 0656716525.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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1971ref. 410915New York: Knoll 1971. A soft crease to the front cover and a few small marks but generally clean. 11.5 x 11.5 inches. Profusely illustrated. Printed wrappers. A beautifully designed catalogue for Knoll: designed by Massimo Vignelli photographs by Herbert Matter exhibition design by Lella and Massimo Vignelli. The exhibition was held from January 12 to March 12 1972. Knoll unknown
ref. 26364‘13 Westbourne Park West / Saturday’. no date. See her entry in the Oxford DNB. LETTER: 3pp 12mo. Thirty-one lines. Bifolium. In fair condition with slight staining at foot of first leaf and traces of glue from mount on blank reverse of second leaf. In an elongated and somewhat opaque hand. Begins: ‘My dear Mrs. Hicks / I was exceedingly sorry to hear that Mr. Hicks had met with an accident on the day you left.’ What follows is hard to decipher until she writes ‘I have much pleasure in forwarding to you the address of Jackson & Graham. It is No. 35-36 Oxford St.’ She praises ‘the selection he has of patterns’. The conclusion is similarly indecipherable. CALLING CARD: Conventional copperplate calling card with mourning border. Edges and reverse carrying traces of glue from mount. Centred: ‘Mrs. W. Avery Bushnell / née / Catherine Hayes.’ In bottom left-hand corner: 13 Westbourne Park West.’ ‘13 Westbourne Park West / Saturday’. [no date] unknown
1944ref. 871891944. FURNITURE Kenmochi Isamu. Kenchiku Shinsho 9 KIKAKU KAGU. Tokyo Showa 19 1944 2nd printing after the first of 1943. 12mo. bound Western style in illustrated boards heavily illustrated with photos. THE STANDARDS OF FURNITURE was an important work as is evidenced by its reprinting in the closing days of a losing war effort. Kenmochi is generally acknowledged to be one of the foremost industrial designers of the 20th century. In very good condition. unknown
1909ref. 51711210056GRFR Co 1909-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. Fair Hardcover. No DJ. Issues April 1909 through April 1910 bound in hardcovers. PAGES CLEAN AND UNMARKED. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing and bumped corners. Spine edge wear/tears with heavy tearing down front cover hinge. Front Hinge loosening but binding still intact. Covers heavily worn but pages still quite good.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! GRFR Co paperback
1984ref. BOOKS073822IMarlborough Wiltshire UK: The Crowood Press 1984. HC. good w/good dustjacket hardcover. B&W and color illustrations. ISBN 0946284504 200pp. The Crowood Press unknown
2011ref. BOOKS063535INapoli: Edizioni Fioranna 2011. PB. fine wraps softcover. color illustrations. ISBN 9788890349195 195pp. Edizioni Fioranna unknown
ref. 0090258New York: Mazza Frame and Furniture Co. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. No date. Oblong quarto wraps illustrated 67 pages clean unmarked text very good copy small owner's signature on the front cover edgewear to the book's covers. Uncommon. Mazza Frame and Furniture Co paperback
1920ref. H16553Kiel & Milwaukee WI: Kiel Furniture Co 1920. Near Fine. 5 catalogs oblong quarto wraps each about 13 x 10 inches very good plus to near fine condition 64 to 96 pp. each illustrated throughout some in subtle browntone occasional plates in color with occasional price lists and inserts. Products include dining room suites tables library tables desks stools tabourettes pedestals and "novelties." The Kiel Furniture company was founded in 1882 and employed German-American immigrants in the small town of Kiel and has been in business ever since now under the name A. A. Laun Furniture Company named for the younger brother of J. B. Laun one of the original presidents of the company who took over as vice president and general manager in 1916. The types of products featured in these catalogs reflects both the tastes of their clientele mainly middle-income Midwestern households but also reflects the Stickleyesque influence of Arts & Crafts and Mission style furniture. Searching the OCLC database we could find NO copies of any of these particular Kiel Furniture catalogs in institutions; the earliest Kiel catalog we could find institutionally is a 1925 catalog of furniture a single example of which is in the Wisconsin state historical archives. Lightest wear and soil. Kiel Furniture Co unknown
ref. 10073Pembroke College Oxford 1921. Two pages 8vo four pages of bifolium used as if two grubby at folds a little text obscured but readable with corrections and crossings out. "Dear Molly. Well what have you women been doing I have just got your book 'Sunshine & Shadow' A book of Cambridge Womens Verse! Just as well that it was anonymous . in view . to obtain the unbiased criticism .' -------- At least I suppose you know about it in case you do not know of it it is published by Stockwell at 2/- ------perfectly priceless! Who is M.S. Book "Edited by M.S." Do you know I was in Heffer the other day when I saw the book and as I rather like verse and the people who did it -------- i.e. Cambridge Women ----- I bought it ----- Some is rather good But some is very wet indeed! . . . . . . . I wish it every success. Note ------- some are very clever. ." He goes on to ask her how she is and to cover other news. Pembroke College, Oxford, [1921] unknown
1928ref. 3948Grand Rapids MI: Century Furniture Company 1928. Very Good. Folios 12.5"x9.5". Approximately 10pp. each. Illustrated fine paper wraps silk cord ties. Illustrated some with tipped-in plates. All in Very Good condition with general shelfwear. Century Furniture Company unknown
1988ref. BOOKS044261ILondon: Furniture History Society 1988. PB. very good wraps softcover. B&W illustrations. A pioneering survey of the organization and development of furniture making in London from about 1700 to about 1870 based on wide-ranging archival research. 219pp. Furniture History Society unknown
1929ref. BOOKS041356INew York: American Art Association Inc 1929. HC. good blue buckram cloth hardcover. B&W illustrations. Scarce catalogue of the April 1929 landmark auction sale of the collection built over 30 years by Howard Reifsnyder and formerly contained in The Reifsnyder Residence; The Pennsylvania Museum; and Mount Pleasant Mansion Philadelphia. Items sold by the order of the Executors Hannah G. Reifsnyder and Corn Exchange National Bank and Trust Company Philadelphia. Prices realized written in for each item in Red Ink. This auction set a record for the highest price paid for a piece of American furniture when Henry F. Dupont purchased Item 696 - "The Very Important Van Pelt Chippendale Carved Mahogany Highboy Philadelphia circa 1770" for the sum of $44000 1929 pre-crash dollars!!! for Winterthur. Lot 656 "Important Queen Anne Carved Fiddle-Back Side Chair Philadelphia circa 1730" sold for $9000 and in January 2002 this same chair sold to a private collector at Christie's New York for $666000 believed to be an auction record for American Queen Anne side chairs. The similar chair Lot 655 sold for $38500 at Sotheby's in June 1990. An unbelievable auction catalogue and as important as the 1929 Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition catalogue. 275pp. American Art Association Inc unknown
